Binding and handle-attaching tape for packages.



8.1. GOLDBEBG L A. MENDELSON.

BINDING AND HANDLE ATTACHING TAPE FOR PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED Aucmg. 1914.

1,160,878. Patented. Nov. 16, 1915.

L Anania/frs coLuMBlA PLANDGRAIfH CD..WASH1NGTON, D. c.

. ,N ITE sTATEs r SHEPARDVJ. GOLDBERG AND AARON MENDELsoN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

i yBINDING AND HANDLE-ATTAOHINGTAPE FOR PACKAGES.

TohaZZ whom t mayconcern." i 1 Be it` known that we,VSHnPARD J.y GOLD- Bnne and AARON MENDEL'SON, citizens of the y UnitedStates, and residentsof the city of New York,l borough of Brooklyn, in the lcounty of Kings State yof New `YO rk, .have invented a new and yImproved Binding fastening devices necessitating 'knotting of the cord orth'e provision of expensive metallic parts for anchoring the ends'"-ofth'e cord or tying' material and also;r to' avoid the objections to ordinary adhesive strip paper commonly used for 4fastening a wrapper on a package, by providing a combined binding and handleattaching tape which is providedv with adhesive for applying or securingthe saine Atothe package and at spaced pointsk with handle engaging portionsfor'l'oops for thevconvenient engagement of thehook ends of a novel handle iny such ark manner 'that movement of the' handle on the tape is prevented and the objectionheretotfore encountered' by the attachinentvoi' a handle' to a Vbinding cord Overcome.

Vith the above and other objects in" view7 the invention resides inthe p'eculiz'ircombi-y nation and arrangement of parts `to be' hereinafter' more fully described,` illustrated and claimed,"r it being alsol an object toi,` provide a device which is simple in" construction, d-

rable and eiiicient.

Reference isto be had tol theaaccompanyy ing drawings'forming a party of this specilication,` in which similar characters ofl reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,l and in which- Figure l is a perspective view-of a frag- 'mentary portion of a package bound ywith onelforni of the improved tape and 'a'.novel handle attached thereto; Fig.y2"isan en# larged 'plan view of a portionof the tape; F ig.` 3: isa longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of F ig.` 2; Fig. 4 is across sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig.

2; Fig. 5 is anunder side view ofthen form of tape or strip shown in F ig.2; F ig..6 is a fragmentary planview similarto Fig', Zand Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. ic, i915.-

Appiicatonfued August 19, i914.r serial No. 857,523'.

showing a modified form of strip or tape.; 1T

Fig. 7 is a longitudinalfsectional view taken on the line 7*? of F ig. 6; Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 6; Fig.` 9 is a plan View of a further modified forni of tape; Fig. lOis a cross sec! il' tional view vtaken on the'line 10-10 of Fig.

9; Fig. 1l is across sectional view of a-stil'l' y,rilr'th'er modied form oftape; Fig. l2 is an `under side view of another form of the inesV vention; and F ig. 13 is a perspective view of a modified form of handle from that shown inl F ig. l.y n

At. present it is common to tie packages with cord after the same are wrapped with paper' and it isnecessaryto knot the cord so ff as to' bind thev package. In addition, handles having hooked ends are engaged under a lstraight strand of cord or binding stringlso as' to\ permit convenient carrying of the package, but objection is had to thisniethod l "i ofatta'chingthe handle owing tothe fact that the handle -will'slip or Vbedisplaced `longitudinally'fon the cord withythe result that the package is unbalanced injsuch `a manner that the cord or twine becomes'- displaced and' oftentimes the handle from the cord or twine. With the use of an ordinary adhesive strip used for fastening a wrapper' en a package or sealing a Vpackage or box it is impossible toattach a handle and the strip not being reinforced is likely Lto lbreak so that the purpose for which itl is designedis not fulfilled. The present invention aims to overcome these objections vided with space'dhandle engaging portions toY permit convenient and proper attachment of a handle in such a. manner that the packbyproviding' a tape or binding strip proif "f age wi'llbe balanced, aswell asvv to providev u fortlie attachment of the tape or strip by an ya'cflhe'sivecoa-ting without the necessity of tying knots but so reinforcing the strip or tape' tliatfthe same' will not be likely to break.

In carrying our'f invention into practice as one form of the strip or tape indicated by the numeral 'll'.and specifically shown in 'illustrated by the accompanying drawings, f the numeral 10 designates a packageV 'wrapped in any suitable way andV bound by Figs. 2 to inc'lu'sive. This form of thentape if' is maden up of two strips 12 and 13 ofpaper yor other suitable material to' give the properY strength, said paper'being oiled or otherwise treated and the two strips being secured` together'intermediately by adhesive. The strip is provided at spaced points equi-distantly located with spaced transversev cuts or slits 14 terminating at spaced partsfrom the edges of the strip to receive a reinforcing and handle attachingribbon, tape or other Y then folded over the part 35 -toclose both edges of, thetape-orr strip and leave no edges t exposed. In this form of the invention the suitable stripA 15, it being preferred'that the strips 12 and 13 be of paper andthe .strip15 of ribbon or cloth tape so as to reinforce the paper andsimultaneouslyl provide for the attachment Vof a handle. A The tape or ribbon 15 is vpositioned between the strips 12 and 13 and threaded i ythrough the cuts 14 so that portions ofthe loops k16 designedV for engagement by the` tape are exposed betweenthe spacedpairs of cuts. ln vthis manner when the'package is bound withy the tape as shown-in Fig. 1,.porV tions of the tape between the cuts produce hook extremity 17" of'a handle 17 comprising asection of sheet metal having its upper end split and bent to provideV oppositely eX- tending andv downwardly curved grasping portions 18. The hook portion 17 is'pro-y vvided with a downwardly and inwardly bent resilient tongue18fstamped therefrom. beneath which the tape engages and is held from displacement. The tape can be apaplied to the'package by. an adhesive coating v19 applied to the inner vside of the strip 13 so vthat it is unnecessary to tie-.the tape and "it is-only necessary-that the strip to which the.y handleis attached beso securedfto the `package-thatone of the loops 16 will be substantially equi-distantly spaced from the ends ofthe package so thatth'e latter will be balanced when the handle isgapplied.

In the form of the'invention shown in Figs. 6,-'7and 8 of the Vdrawings the tape is .made up of two strips of paper 20 and 21 .withA the strip21r coatedY on its undery surface asheretofore described and .shown at 19 in Fig. V5; of the drawings, while the strip 20 yis Y provided at spaced intervals with longitudif nal openings or slots 22 adapted to expose spaced portions ofV a reinforcing cordV or twine 23which is run between the strips and held in position duefto the latter being vsecured together adhesive. Loops l24 areA thus provided by the exposed portionsofthe Vcord or twine for engagementby the'handle in the manner heretofore described. -f i In Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawings the tap is shown made upof asingle strip 25 folded 55k longitudinally intermediate its width, as shown at 2G, to provide top and bottom portions 2.7 and 28 having spaced cuts or slits j f 29 so that a section yof ribbon ortapev 30 fastened between lthe folded partsofr the strip byadhesive can beinterlaced with respect' to the spaced transverse cuts or elongated aperV tures'so as to provide handle attachingfloops V31V for the same purpose heretofore re-V ferredto.V Y .Y

InQFig. 11 of thejdrawings another-*modii'icationVv is shownin which' -av singlesi'trip 32 VisV covered with adhesive on the inner face of thev bottom l.part 33' and the foldable edge portion 344 so that by folding the opposite sideror edgey 'portion 35*- o'nthe partl 33 the two may be secured together and the part 34 strip is reinforcedbya cord 24 as heretofore described inconn'ection'with Figs.r6, and 8 to reinforce the stri-pand provide for thel-atspaced handle-engaging portions, the strip points with adhesive coatingsor'portions 37 .so that the intermediate Yportions 33 which in 'this instance being provided at spaced are iin-coated will be free from then package .5

when theV` portions are `rnoistened and p causedto adhere theretoso that the hooks of the handle, Vsuch as shown orzanyother of the ordinary handles employed in the'merchandise trade7 can be engaged beneath theV j spaced handleengaging portions orloops 36 whereby thepackage is bothbound and provided with -means forconveniently carrying or transporting the saine, Y

InFig. 13 of the drawings a handleA 39.10f7! modified form is shown, the same-0v being made of wire rebent intermediate its ends to provide a shank portion,y the lower`r lbight portion of which is bent upto provide a hook 40 and then downwardly and inwardly to `provide a `,resilient tongue 41-for the same purpose as the tongue .185 Aas shown inFig.

V1 tof the drawings. The upper endsor Vextremities ofthe-.section of wire or metal are curved-outwardly and downwardly to provide. grasping portions 42. A

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isz`-k A i 1. 'A binding and .handle'attaching tape forpackagea comprisinga pliable strip-like element having spaced loops lying within .the edges ofthe element and projecting from a face thereof. f

2. A binding and handle attachingtape for packages having meansv to attach'the same toa package. and meanswtoprovide Vspaced handle engaging members, bothof said means being non-metallic and pliable.

3. A binding and handle attaching tape for packages having means to attachthe same toa package, and reinforcing means forthe tape provided with spaced handle en- @aging -DOltions s 4. A1bindingV andA handle attaching tape for packages vhaving means to attachqthe same to a packageg and reinforcing means I for the tape,.said reinforcing means being embedded inthe tape and formingl the v spaced .handleengaging portions.

5. The combination with a package suitably Wrapped; of a binding and handle attaching strip having an adhesive coating for securing the same to a package to obviate tying and provided with spaced handle engaging portions, and a handle to coperate with said handle engaging portions-whereby the handle is held from movement.

6. A binding and handle attaching tape, comprising a strip having top and bottom portions and a reinforcing member between said portions with spaced exposed handle attaching parts.

7. A tape comprising a fabric reinforcing member and paper coverings secured together to inclose said reinforcing member, one of said coverings having openings throughwhich the reinforcing member eX- tends to produce spaced loops as'and for the purpose described.

In testimony Whereoi-I We have signed our naines to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SHEPARD J. GOLDBERG. AARON ,MENDELSON Witnesses V;

J. EDWIN BURGH, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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